▪ I. ˈporry Silk Weaving.
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The portion of the warp lying between the warp-roll or beam and the back of the heddles or harness through which the threads pass.
| 1790 Trans. Soc. Arts VIII. 166 A power of shortening the porry occasionally. Ibid. 169 The porry may be made of any length. 1831 G. R. Porter Silk Manuf. 274 Removing all roughnesses and inequalities in the warp threads, or, as the weavers call it, picking the porry. |
▪ II. porry
see porray.